Nuestra familia, amore mio

4- Fighting

Carlita woke up that morning feeling lightheaded and nauseous. Since she found out she's been pregnant every morning she's been greeted with morning sickness. However, that particular morning she felt off. Something told her something was off that day, and she didn't know what.

A knock awakens her from her thoughts bringing her to stand up and open the door for a freshly woken up and messy-haired Maria.

"Are you okay?" Carlita laughs seeing the deep purple hickeys left uncovered by Maria's robe and nightgown.

"Now is not a time for jokes!"

Maria grabs Carlita's hand locking the door behind them and takes them to the bathroom in Carlita's room.

"What happened?" Carlita asked as a worried Maria paced back and forth.

"He's back! Trender is back!"

"W-What?! H-He's supposed to be back till next week!"

"Why do you think I'm here telling you!" 

Carlita begins to pace back and forth softly caressing her flat-belly, worried to even see the father of her child.

"Where is he now?"

"Probably practicing his apology for sleeping with Gloria," Maria makes a disgusted face just thinking of him trying to apologize.

"Where?!"

"Calm down. Stressing won't do you nor the baby any good."

Maria hugs a stressed Carlita and reassures her everything will go well. All of a sudden a knock jolts Carlita and Maria goes to slightly open the door.

"What do you want?" Maria angrily asks letting Carlita know it was Trender.

"I want to talk to her."

"Talk? You think I'm gonna let you come in here and alone? You disgust me right now, Tren."

"Says the one with hickeys all over her," He points out pissing Maria as she covers herself with her robe.

"Maria it's alright," Carlita reassures her friend as she finally faces Trender.

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"Well, what are you going to say?" Carlita angrily asks after sitting down across from one another for five minutes in dead silence.

"I...Carlita I'm sorry-"

"Oh cut that crap! Sorry? Sorry for what? Sorry for sleeping with Gloria whom may I remind you never trusted!" 

Trender gets up trying to hold Carlita, but she slaps and pushes him away from her.

"I loved you, damn it!" Carlita yelled out in tears not wanting to face Trender.

"I love you too!"

"You don't cheat on somebody you love, Trender!"

Carlita sobs running into the bathroom however before she has a chance to close it Trender slips through and closes the door not letting her leave.

"Leave!" She yelled out hitting Trender's chest as he tried to hold her.

"I will not leave you again! I will not make the same mistake again!"

"You already made a mistake when you decided to sleep with her." 

Carlita tries to pull away only for Trender's hold on her to tighten. 

"I will not leave you two."

"What do you care?! You don't even want the kid!"

"I never said that!"

"You said you didn't want kids! Damn it, you even got angry when I even brought it up!"

"That was before the baby, Carlita. That...That was different."

"Different? DIFFERENT?! How the fuck is this and that different?! Trender I want someone who is willing and wants to be there. I don't want you to feel forced cause it's your kid. If you don't want to, then just don't. I would rather my baby have a father who shares no blood and does want to be here, instead of his biological father who doesn't want to be here."

Trender shakes his head not letting go of Carlita and placing his forehead on top of hers.

"I want to be here with you and our kid."

Carlita tears up slowly leaning into his touch as he held and comforted her sobbing form.

"You'll only be the father of this kid, but you and I are no longer together," She finally speaks leaving Trender frozen, as she walks out of the bathroom.